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LEUCOSYKE CORYMBULOSA, Wedd.—Native name Rawriki. Plentiful on rocky slopes, 
the steep sides of ravines, &c., all through the island. 
Fiji Islands. 
CASUARINACES. 
CASUARINA EQUISETIFOLIA, Forst.—Native name Toa, “ Iron-wood " of the European 
settlers. Common along the shores, in many places forming a belt just above high- 
water mark. Also capping some of the dry hills in the interior. "Wood used for clubs 
or spears, for the posts of houses, and for any purpose for which extreme hardness and 
durability are required. 
Tropieal shores of the Old World. 
ORCHIDE.E. 
MICROSTYLIS PLANTAGINEA, Steud. ?—Common in shaded places in the interior of the 
island. Flowers not seen, and identification consequently doubtful. 
Pacific Islands, Malaya. 
OBERONIA GLANDULOSA, Lindl.—Branches and trunks of trees, often seen in the 
interior of the island. 
Fiji, Samoa, Tahiti. 
Lrparis CLYPEOLUM, Lindl.—Shaded and mossy places near the summits of the hills, 
1000-2000 ft. alt. My specimens differ from Lindley’s description in the more numerous 
flowers and the cuspidate labellum, but Mr. R. A. Rolfe, of the Kew Herbarium, places 
them under L. Clypeolum. 
Tahiti. 
BULBOPHYLLUM sp.?— Branches and trunks of trees, common in the interior of the 
island.  Rhizome wide-ereeping, furnished with numerous large pseudo-bulbs, each 
bearing at the apex a single oblong fleshy and coriaceous leaf, 3-4 in. long. Flowers 
not seen. 
PHAIUS GRANDIFOLIUS, Lour.—Native name Nutupa. Common in damp shaded 
places on the mountains and along most of the ravines. A very beautiful plant, with 
broad plaited leaves 3-5 ft. long, and stout scapes almost as tall, bearing 12-18 large 
flowers 2} in. long. The lateral petals and sepals are cream-coloured on the outside, on 
the inside a rich brownish purple shading into violet; the lip is pale yellow streaked with 
purple or violet. 
Pacific Islands, Australia, Malaya, China. 
'TAENIOPHYLLUM ASPERULUM, Reichb. f.— Hills of the interior, plentiful on the-trunks 
and branches of trees. Iam indebted to Mr. R. A. Rolfe for this determination. 
Society Islands. 
